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Cast-Iron Architecture in America: The Significance of James Bogardus (Norton Books for Architects & Designers)

Author Carol Gayle, Margot Gayle
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
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ISBN / ASIN0393730158
ISBN-139780393730159
Sales Rank1,607,167
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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The first book on the life and work of the pioneer of American cast-iron architecture.

Nineteenth-century American inventor and entrepreneur James Bogardus was known for his unique grinding mill and other patented devices, but his enduring claim to fame is his cast-iron structures, forerunners of the modern skyscraper. A passionate advocate for iron's strength, economy, suitability for ornamentation, and fire resistance, he invented several new methods of construction; his buildings rose from New York to San Francisco and Havana. Modern interest in Bogardus stems from the historic preservation movement; his four surviving buildings, in New York, are recognized landmarks.